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March 29, 2018
Google Play Audiobooks is getting a major update today that adds a number of new features to the service that were sorely missing when it launched earlier this…
Read articleMarch 28, 2018
Public places may soon be filled with secret pieces of art unlocked by looking through the lens of AR, if Artopia’s cheerily creative app catches on. It essentially…
Read articleMarch 26, 2018
After an Ars Technica report that Facebook surreptitiously scrapes call and text message data from Android phones and has done so for years, the scandal-burdened company has responded…
Read articleMarch 21, 2018
It’s moved beyond tradition and into the realm of meme that Apple manages to dominate the news cycle around major industry events, all while not actually participating in…
Read articleMarch 20, 2018
Game controller compatibility is a labyrinthine nightmare most of the time: Some controllers work with some platforms some of the time, but it’s very hard to keep track…
Read articleMarch 15, 2018
Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds, the ‘battle royale’ style game where everyone tries to be the last player standing while scrounging for supplies to keep them alive, has launched on…
Read articleMarch 8, 2018
Samsung’s new Galaxy S9 may not quite live up to the iPhone X when it comes to Samsung’s implementation of a Face ID-style system or its odd take…
Read articleMarch 7, 2018
Just like in the last two years, Google is using the beginning of March to launch the first developer preview of the next version of Android. Android P,…
Read articleFebruary 23, 2018
According to a number of reports today, the next version of Android would include a “dark mode” — something that’s been a long-time feature request from those who…
Read articleFebruary 22, 2018
Global smartphone sales have not been firing on all cylinders for several years now but Gartner’s latest figures record the first ever decline since the analyst began tracking…
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